Virtually all Americans affected by the Equifax data breach may be eligible to claim $250 from the credit reporting agency — and possibly a lot more — due to a historic settlement covering 147 million consumers whose personal data was stolen two years ago. When health insurer Anthem settled litigation in 2017 for $115 million over a data breach affecting around 80 million people, it was at the …
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Huntsville City Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a settlement agreement in a Title IX lawsuit Thursday. It also cited multiple examples including better pitching machines, infield tarps, locker rooms, dugout improvements, and funding for the baseball team than the softball team at Lee High School. The …
Google has agreed to pay a $13 million settlement that could resolve a class-action lawsuit over the company’s collection of people’s private information through its Street View project. The agreement, if approved by a judge, would resolve a 2010 suit over the Street View program’s privacy violations, ending nearly a …
A jury awarded more than $6 million to Drew Brees in a lawsuit that claimed a San Diego County jeweller sold him overpriced diamonds. A jury awarded more than $6 million to Drew Brees in a lawsuit that claimed a San Diego County jeweler sold him overpriced diamonds. The New Orleans Saints quarterback was not in court in San Diego on Friday for the verdict, but Brees and his wife, Brittany, both …
Navistar International has agreed to pay $135 million to truck owners to settle class action complaints over defective MaxxForce engines. “After years of hard-fought litigation, we believe this settlement represents an outstanding result for class members,” Selbin said in a statement. “We are also pleased Navistar stepped up to take care of its customers.”If the settlement is approved, class …
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A civil rights group says JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by male employees who say they were denied additional paid parental leave between 2011 and 2017. The settlement was announced Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union and the national law firm Outten & Golden. Chase employee Derek Rotondo filed an equal opportunity …
Class members can opt for a “no questions asked” payment of $2,500 per truck purchased, said attorney Jonathan Selbin, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the case. The fallout from the MaxxForce line also led to several years of multi-billion dollar losses for Navistar. In an 8-K form filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Navistar notified shareholders of the pending …
But in 2011, Taha discovered that his incarceration information, including his photograph, personal details and charges, was available on the Inmate Lookup Tool.
As a result, Taha suffered emotional distress and the invasion of his privacy, he alleged in his lawsuit.
After the suit was filed, the county removed all inmate mugshots and most arrest information from the online tool.
Bucks County and its jail violated the privacy rights of tens of thousands of former inmates, which will cost it an estimated $68 million in punitive damages in what could be a precedent-setting federal class action suit, a jury decided Tuesday. The damage award is mandatory because the jury found the county “willfully” violated federal law when it posted criminal information online of …
On HoustonChronicle.com: ITC resumes rail, truck activity at Deer Park terminalAn ITC spokesperson said the company does not know how many eligible claims have been filed. ITC, however, stills faces a federal lawsuit from a Harris County woman seeking class action status in addition to 22 civil lawsuits in state court in Harris County. The Harris County District Attorney’s office also has filed …